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i agree people should pay for their own health expenses..
but there has to be some exceptions. say if you're a refugee and the USA accepted you to come live in the states, in the first 5 years, how do you attain a job where you get paid enough and get your own health insurance? let alone learn the new culture and language.
the think part of the reason why california is bankrupt is because they have a program called mediCAL, which is pretty much california version of medicaid for the low income. all your health care bills are paid in full if you're poor. so people be going to the ER left and right bc it costs them nothing.
while that is not a sustainable system (for california), i dont think it's right turn our backs against people who really is trying to make the best out of everything, to try to eat healthy and to keep their family alive, and no matter how hard they try (language barrier, limited education, etc) they can't get a white colar job that can offer them good pay and health insurance for their family. instead, what they hope for is to give their children the opportunity to get a good education and get a job, to hopefully one day pay society back.
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